If you want to pay the shipping (and this is a domestic to USA only offer), you can have:
1. a roughly 2 pound sack of camera straps. I think I've thrown away all the old worthless plastic straps leaving only fabric straps, but I may have missed one or two. Some straps are interesting (I see a Pentax branded red and gray strap about 1.25" wide) and most are common black fabric. Some are unused. You could tie all of them together and lower yourself from a burning building if necessary...not a very tall building, though. Or you might enter a rodeo using only camera straps and try to rope a goat or something. You could be an internet sensation! Or you could sew them together side by side and make yourself a really interesting sport coat. Shipping will be at least costly option.
and/or
2. a large box of parts including some parts cameras. There are camera parts of all types including Canonet parts, what seems to be a rather complete XA2 in there, a Chinon Memo EE which seems to be complete and as I recall working other than some electronic problem, Konica rangefinder parts of some sort, a Chinon SLR, an Olympus OM data back with a broken flex connector, a Fuji auto-strobe in its box, a lens of some sort. Stuff like that and LOTS of gears, rewind knobs, prisms, even saw some Contax/Kiev parts I'd forgotten having. Domestic sale only on this, please. Basically I have fit all I can fit into a USPS Large Flat Rate Priority Mail box (which is really heavy), and if you want it, all you need do is say "Jon I really want to learn about camera repair and I really need this fine stuff" and then send me a check for $15.45. And then...after you've done that, sit back, smile and enjoy your decision. A decision that could put you in the fast lane to personal and financial freedom! That's right. You've just taken the first step. When your box arrives, walk into your manager's office, bang your fist down on his desk and say "Hey buddy, I quit." "This pointless rat race is for the birds and I'm off to become an independent camera repairman." You'll notice the difference in your life right away. In fact, (and I'm assuming you're a guy for this illustration) as you walk down the street, ladies will look at you with a new level of admiration and interest. Some of them may smile and wink and turn to watch you as you swagger past them. At first it may seem unsettling, but you'll get used to it. Other men will step aside to let you pass by with plenty of room, because they can instinctively tell you're a decision-maker. A man's man. Young children will duck between buildings or into doorways and whisper to each other "Look...there goes Mr. Hodpecker. I hear he is now a camera repairman. Wow, I wish my dad was adventuresome like Mr. Hodpecker." And one day after a long and satisfying career, you may be on APUG offering a box similar to this and this same career counseling advice to another lucky (and of course plucky) individual. So don't be afraid. Step right up and change your life today. Operators are waiting to take your call.
Jon
1. a roughly 2 pound sack of camera straps. I think I've thrown away all the old worthless plastic straps leaving only fabric straps, but I may have missed one or two. Some straps are interesting (I see a Pentax branded red and gray strap about 1.25" wide) and most are common black fabric. Some are unused. You could tie all of them together and lower yourself from a burning building if necessary...not a very tall building, though. Or you might enter a rodeo using only camera straps and try to rope a goat or something. You could be an internet sensation! Or you could sew them together side by side and make yourself a really interesting sport coat. Shipping will be at least costly option.
and/or
2. a large box of parts including some parts cameras. There are camera parts of all types including Canonet parts, what seems to be a rather complete XA2 in there, a Chinon Memo EE which seems to be complete and as I recall working other than some electronic problem, Konica rangefinder parts of some sort, a Chinon SLR, an Olympus OM data back with a broken flex connector, a Fuji auto-strobe in its box, a lens of some sort. Stuff like that and LOTS of gears, rewind knobs, prisms, even saw some Contax/Kiev parts I'd forgotten having. Domestic sale only on this, please. Basically I have fit all I can fit into a USPS Large Flat Rate Priority Mail box (which is really heavy), and if you want it, all you need do is say "Jon I really want to learn about camera repair and I really need this fine stuff" and then send me a check for $15.45. And then...after you've done that, sit back, smile and enjoy your decision. A decision that could put you in the fast lane to personal and financial freedom! That's right. You've just taken the first step. When your box arrives, walk into your manager's office, bang your fist down on his desk and say "Hey buddy, I quit." "This pointless rat race is for the birds and I'm off to become an independent camera repairman." You'll notice the difference in your life right away. In fact, (and I'm assuming you're a guy for this illustration) as you walk down the street, ladies will look at you with a new level of admiration and interest. Some of them may smile and wink and turn to watch you as you swagger past them. At first it may seem unsettling, but you'll get used to it. Other men will step aside to let you pass by with plenty of room, because they can instinctively tell you're a decision-maker. A man's man. Young children will duck between buildings or into doorways and whisper to each other "Look...there goes Mr. Hodpecker. I hear he is now a camera repairman. Wow, I wish my dad was adventuresome like Mr. Hodpecker." And one day after a long and satisfying career, you may be on APUG offering a box similar to this and this same career counseling advice to another lucky (and of course plucky) individual. So don't be afraid. Step right up and change your life today. Operators are waiting to take your call.
Jon
